brier
Example Sentences
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Ms. Nichols isn’t alone in her desire to dream up chic schmattas in which to till your brier patch.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2020
“My attitude is, ‘OK, throw us in that brier patch.
From Washington Times • Dec. 19, 2019
Luckily, baseball has four years to work through this brier patch.
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2018
Oh, please don't throw me into the brier patch!
From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2010
The father sharpened the butcher knife with the whetstone he used to whet his scythe and his goose-necked brier hook in the summer when he cut brambles and young sumac in the fencerows.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
